Current Affairs : August 6, 2011

Lok Sabha passed the Supplementary demands for Grants of Rs. 25,707 Crore and the relevant Appropriation bill by a voice vote

As per the Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, supplementary grants needed because of the augmented expenditure on the various counts MPLAD schemes besides the hike in stipend for Anganwadi workers and Compensation paid to Bhopal Gas tragedy victims

CAG report on CWG-2010

The report by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) – on Common Wealth Games tabled in the Lok Sabha

It posed allegations against Delhi Chief Minister condemning her of abnormalities and extravagance in the games

As per the report Delhi Government committed lapses and irregularities in the bidding process and held responsible numerous ministries and agencies including the DDA, MCD, NDMC and PWD for the complete mess

It observed numerous cases of wasteful expenditure by the Delhi government and civic agencies amounting to the tune of over 100 Crores rupees over street scrapping and an excess expenditure of over 31 Crores on street lighting by MCD, NDMC and PWD

The report, also points a finger of suspicion at Organizing Committee of the Games headed by Suresh Kalmadi, now in jail

It suspected that Kalmadi had preferred many companies

The report said the Prime Minister’s Office named Kalmadi for appointing as Committee’s chief despite objections from the then sports Minister Late Sunil Dutt

All sports related disputes in the whole world are settled by the International Court of Arbitration for Sports situated at Lausanne, Switzerland through a panel of eminent experts in the field of law, medicine, sports and others

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) had given directions to the IOA to constitute the Indian court of Arbitration for Sports in order to resolve all sports related disputes within the territory of India

All disputes in relation to sports under the Indian Olympic Association will therefore be decided by the Indian Court of Arbitration for Sports.

Software developed to prevent Stampede Deaths

German Scientists developed new software to prevent Stampede Deaths

S/w can precisely sense when crowds are starting to build up to unsafe levels

It could help prevent stampede deaths that often occur during festivals and mass celebrations

S/w to give security staff a chance to scatter crowds to safety by pre-empting the crisisS/w observes the motion of the crowd by inspecting the movement of each pixel b/w different frames of crowd video footage

When there are extremely symmetrical pixel motions, it means there is something odd going on and the S/w puts the operator on qui vive by highlighting the area in red